City commissioners to review airport study and budget items
City commissioners will discuss a market analysis and passenger retention study for Garden City Regional Airport to guide service improvements. They will also review 2012 budget funds and hold a pre-meeting on utility rate structures at 1 p.m. and 11 a.m. respectively at the City Administrative Center.
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Big Lowe Road bridge set to open on Monday
Kansas Department of Transportation plans to open the Big Lowe Road bridge over the four lane U.S. 50/400 on Monday allowing north south traffic to cross via the new overpass. Access to Holcomb and Tyson facility remains via the IBP Road detour and the temporary access point north of the highway will close. Little Lowe Road south of the highway will permanently close. Anderson Road north of the highway should reopen that day. Detour signs and reduced speeds are advised. For more information, contact KDOT southwest district offices at 276-3241.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kirk Hutchinson
KDOT
Holcomb
Tyson Fresh Meats
Big Lowe
Big Lowe Road
Little Lowe
Anderson Road
Southwest District
Sign up Monday for Girl Scouts in Garden City
The Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland invite boys and girls to join at McDonald's 1613 E Kansas Plaza Garden City on Monday from 3 30 to 6 p m. New members pay 11 for Girl Scouts and 9 for Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts with an Early Bird Patch and a free mini ice cream cone. Contact Kelly Combs at 276 7061 or the local office at 888 900 7061 or visit kansasgirlscouts.org.
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Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts of Santa Fe Trail Council
McDonald’s
Kansas Plaza
Garden City
Girl Scouts of
Kansas Heartland
Boy Scouts
Kelly Combs
Kansasgirlscouts.org
KU federal relations head leaves for Sandia National Labs
Keith Yehle, director of federal relations at the University of Kansas since 2005, will join Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque as manager of congressional affairs. Sandia works on science based technologies for national security.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Sandia National Laboratories
New Mexico
Keith Yehle
Kansas
Washington D.C
Sandia Laboratories
Albuquerque
Kansas honors Lecompton as abolition history site
Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas residents gathered in Constitution Hall Lecompton to honor the town as a center in the anti slavery fight, marking the 150th anniversary of statehood. The event recalled the Lecompton constitution and Bleeding Kansas era, with officials reading a resolution and a stagecoach ride for visitors.
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Lecompton
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Constitution Hall
Topeka
Brownback
Paul Bahnmaier
The
Lecompton Historical Society
South
Kansas Territory
Congress
National
Democratic Party
Abraham Lincoln
Garden City parole officers kept on payroll by earmark funds
Garden City's two parole officers, Rick Evans and Aaron Browning, avoided layoffs after a 1.4 million earmark funded rehirings. Evans learned of his job safety in April and Browning expressed relief at the funding, reducing the risk of parole duties being shifted to Hutchinson. The officers oversee about 125 parolees locally and advocate safety, rehabilitation, and community presence.
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Rick Evans
Garden City
Evans
Aaron Browning
Browning
Kansas
Aaron
Human Resources Department
Topeka
Michael Utz
Utz
Kansas mom sues Derby district over son’s band exclusion
In Derby Kansas Joan Heffington files a federal suit alleging the Derby school district and officials refused to accommodate her 17 year old son with Asperger syndrome. She says the denial harmed his education and grades though trombone in marching band helped his math and self esteem.
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DERBY
Kansas
Joan Heffington
Craig Wilford
Adam Devault
Jeff Griffiths
The
Wichita Eagle
Heffington
Ing
Griffiths
Attorney General’s Office
Association For Honest Attorneys
Land Institute to get new managing director
SALINA AP The Land Institute in Salina will appoint Scott Seirer as managing director replacing retiring longtime head Ken Warren who oversaw growth from a $500000 budget to about $2300000 budget. Warren will leave by June 30 and relocate to Manhattan with wife Nina Ainslie who becomes medical director at a brain trauma clinic. Seirer has begun work and emphasizes budget oversight and public relations duties.
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The
Land Institute In
Ken Warren
Scott Seirer
Warren
Manhattan
Nina Ainslie
Fort Riley
Seirer
Land Institute
Ken
Seizer
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